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www.golfmag.com.au
Battle
By the Beach
the
The Gold Coast’s Royal
Pines again plays host
to the Australian PGA
Championship, one of the
most prestigious events on
the Australian calendar. Can
Greg Chalmers, who defeated
Adam Scott in a playoff last
year, defend his title?
By Greg Dowling
B
ack in the day, there was an
American rookie travelling
throughout Australia playing the
Aussie golf tour.
He went on to win three major
championships. He’s now dead and has been
ever since an ill-fated private jet he was a
passenger on suffered catastrophic problems.
His name was Payne Stewart and he married
the sister of a Queensland pro who he met
while trying his luck in the Land of Oz. They
subsequently had three kids together.
I once turned up to pre-qualifying for the
Australian PGA Championship and was drawn
in the same group as Payne Stewart. He birdied
the first three holes at Commonwealth GC on
the Melbourne Sandbelt and got through into
the tournament easily. I just scraped in on the
number. What was easily recognisable on the
old first green at Commonwealth (the old par
4 in reach with a long, straight drive) was the
way Payne arched his wrists forward when
putting, causing the heel of the putter to be
raised off the ground at address. It was really
odd but seemed to work, but I did notice later
in his career that he had made an adjustment
to this set-up. Since those days, the PGA
Championship has also had its ups and downs,
particularly if playoffs have been needed.